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This is becoming more like the norm rather than an exception. Here’s part three of the news:

Russian nun simulator Indika, my most anticipated game this year, breaks out the dancing PVC fetish men to announce its May release date
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/russian-nun-simulator-indika-my-most-anticipated-game-this-year-breaks-out-the-dancing-pvc-fetish-men-to-announce-its-may-release-date/
Call me solipsistic, but I'm still not convinced Indika isn't a game someone made specifically for me. The tale of an Orthodox nun on a journey to the centre of the spirit through an alternate 19th-century Russia, it pulls on everything from Mikhail Bulgakov to 8-bit arcade games to create something that felt entirely singular when I tried its demo earlier this year. Now we know when the full thing is due, courtesy of the Future Games Show Spring Showcase.
Indika is set to release on May 8 this year on Steam, GOG, and Epic, and honestly I can't wait. (...)

PSA: Don't use the 'Load from Last Inn Rest' option in Dragon's Dogma 2 unless you want to risk permanently losing progress
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/dragons-dogma-2-inn-save/
While playing Dragon's Dogma 2 I lost around four hours of progress and it's all because of that pesky little "Load from Last Inn Rest" option in the main menu. You see, Dragon's Dogma 2 is pretty hardcore when it comes to saves, consequences, and just generally wanting you to bear the brunt of your decisions.

The Dragon's Dogma 2 microtransactions are real and bafflingly silly, since nearly all of them can be found in the game without too much trouble
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/the-dragons-dogma-2-microtransactions-are-real-and-bafflingly-silly-since-nearly-all-of-them-can-be-found-in-the-game-without-too-much-trouble/
I want to say up-front that I am, by no means, defending the choice to slap a bunch of microtransactions onto Dragon's Dogma 2. I'm also not surprised by the current state of the game's Steam reviews—sitting at "Mixed" at the time of writing, in the same way that I'm not surprised when kicking beehives gets your ankles stung.
(...)
If you're opposed to the idea of microtransactions in fully-priced games in general, I don't want to tell you that you're wrong for abstaining. However, if you were looking forward to Dragon's Dogma 2, I want to reassure you that you can find almost all of these items just… lying around, or in shops.

'It took a while, we know': Epic Games is introducing a first-person camera to Fortnite, which I'll probably just use to look at all the Peter Griffin skins
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/it-took-a-while-we-know-epic-games-is-introducing-a-first-person-camera-which-ill-probably-just-use-to-look-at-all-the-peter-griffin-skins/
Fortnite is getting a new camera perspective, and I'm cautiously excited to see what that means for the battle royale. It was revealed in a presentation slide during the State of Unreal livestream at GDC 2024. It was here that Epic Games not only outlined a public roadmap for Fortnite but also confirmed that we'll likely get to play in first-person perspective later this year. 

Larian is finished with Baldur's Gate: 'We're going to move away from D&D and we're going to start making a new thing'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/events-conferences/larian-is-finished-with-baldurs-gate-were-going-to-move-away-from-dandd-and-were-going-to-start-making-a-new-thing/
Bad news for anyone hoping for a Baldur's Gate 3 expansion, Baldur's Gate 4, or anything else Dungeons and Dragons-related from Larian Studios: Speaking at GDC today, Larian CEO Swen Vincke said the company is finished with its D&D adventure and is now moving on to something new.

Larian CEO Swen Vincke accepts Baldur's Gate 3's latest award by blasting corporate 'greed' devastating devs: 'I've been fighting with publishers my whole life, and I keep on seeing the same mistakes'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/events-conferences/larian-ceo-swen-vincke-accepts-baldurs-gate-3s-latest-award-by-blasting-corporate-greed-devastating-devs-ive-been-fighting-with-publishers-my-whole-life-and-i-keep-on-seeing-the-same-mistakes/
The dire state of the games industry has been impossible to ignore at this year's GDC: Dwarf Fortress' Tarn Adams has been excoriating execs, devs have been literally screaming about it, and now Larian CEO Swen Vincke has taken to the stage and criticised the "greed, which has been fucking this thing up for so long."

'Let's just have closure on Baldur's Gate 3, it's been great. We've done our job': Larian CEO says he hit the brakes on DLC plans because the team's heart wasn't in it
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/baldurs-gate/lets-just-have-closure-on-baldurs-gate-3-its-been-great-weve-done-our-job-larian-ceo-says-he-hit-the-brakes-on-dlc-plans-because-the-teams-heart-wasnt-in-it/
Baldur's Gate 3 is a great game. Even that feels like an understatement, though. It's one of our highest-scoring games in a decade and a half, a landmark RPG so significant it sparked actual debates in the developer community about its own quality. It's also done. 
While the game's going to keep getting patches and updates, there won't be much in the way of significant DLCs—but Swen Vincke (developer Larian Studios' CEO and founder) says that choice was mostly down to studio enthusiasm. That's as per a talk Vincke had with IGN at GDC earlier this week.

And now, the GOG and Steam deals for the weekend:

+GOG

• First things first: there’s a new GIVEAWAY: Book of Demons will be free to get during 70 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/book_of_demons
• The giveaway is part of the Spring Sale that takes place until the 3rd of April, in case you had forgotten.
• And there are four Deals of the Day, that will last until Monday’s refresh:
  • South of the Circle: Deluxe Edition gets a 20% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/south_of_the_circle_deluxe_edition
  • Heroines of Swords & Spells + Green Furies DLC features a 75% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/heroines_of_swords_spells
  • Sea Dogs is 80% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/sea_dogs
  • And Hero of the Kingdom is 85% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/hero_of_the_kingdom

+Steam

• The 20th edition of the PAX East arrives on Steam until the 24th of March with future releases, items to get with your Steam Points and up to 80% discounts on some games: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/PAXEast24
• If you’re looking for not yet released games, you can also check the Day of the Devs: San Francisco Edition 2024 (there are no games on sale here): https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43041140-iam8bit/sale/dayofthedevssanfranciscoedition2024
• The Square Enix Publisher Sale is also present on Steam, with up to 90% discounts, but until March, 25th; https://store.steampowered.com/sale/squareenix_publishersale24
• Fernbus Simulator is going to be 50% off until the 28th of March: https://store.steampowered.com/app/427100/Fernbus_Simulator/
• Panzer Corps 2 will be 60% off until the 28th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1072040/Panzer_Corps_2/
• The Battlefield franchise is on sale, with Battlefield 2042 free to try during the weekend and up to 85% discounts until Thursday, the 28th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/battlefield-franchise
• Contraband Police, that has a demo, will be 30% off until the 4th of April: https://store.steampowered.com/app/756800/Contraband_Police/
• And Midnight Ghost Hunt, that reached its 1.0 version yesterday, will be free to try during the weekend and gets a 66% discount until April, the 4th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/915810/Midnight_Ghost_Hunt/

And that’s it. Until next time, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.